The approved budgets for 2004 for each of the North/South Implementation Bodies and the percentage change compared to the 2003 budgets are set out in the table below. The proportion contributed by each government remained unchanged for all of the bodies except the Special EU Programmes Body, for which the northern contribution to the budget was increased from 55 per cent in 2003 to 56 per cent in 2004.

1 The increase in the budget is principally due to an allocation of £5.9 million towards building new headquarters in Enniskillen; a change in the euro/sterling exchange rate from £0.63 in 2003 to £0.69 in 2004 amounting to an increase of £2.2 million; and increased running costs of £1 million.